🎬 Director
Koji Shiraishi
🎂 Born 1 June 1973 (age 53)📍 Fukuoka, Japan
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Popularity Score
40
Acting Credits
88
Directed
Koji Shiraishi (白石 晃士 Shiraishi Kōji) was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. After graduating from Kyushu Sangyo University with a degree in film making, he went on to work as an assistant director on such films as Gakuryū Ishii's August in the Water and Shinobu Yaguchi's WATER BOYS. He cites Gakuryū Ishii as his favorite Japanese director, and Ishii's 1980 Crazy Thunder Road as his favorite film. Other directors he admires include John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Abbas Kiarostami, and Sam Raimi, and films he enjoy include the original Dawn of the Dead (1978), The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987), The Thing (1982), and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Known For
Directed Films(88)
★ 6.9
Noroi: The Curse
2005
Director
★ 5.6
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
Director
★ 5.8
Grotesque
2009
Director
★ 6.3
KINKI
2025
Director
★ 6.6
A Record of Sweet Murder
2014
Director
★ 5.9
Safe Word
2022
Director
★ 5.7
Teke Teke 2
2009
Director
★ 6.0
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007
Director
★ 5.9
Teke Teke
2009
Director
★ 6.0
A Beast in Love
2020
Director
★ 5.9
Dark Tales of Japan
2004
Director
★ 6.7
House of Sayuri
2024
Director
★ 7.2
Impossibility Defense
2018
Director
★ 6.1
Cult
2013
Director
★ 5.9
Kidan Piece of Darkness
2016
Director
★ 6.2
Hell Girl
2019
Director
★ 6.5
Ura Horror
2008
Director
★ 5.8
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
Director
★ 6.6
Occult
2009
Director
★ 6.4
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013
Director
★ 4.7
Ju-rei: The Uncanny
2004
Director
★ 5.9
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
Director
★ 6.0
Cursed Violent People
2010
Director
★ 6.9
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
Director
★ 6.7
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
Director
Stories of Apparitions
2006
Director
★ 6.8
Museum: Introduction
2016
Director
★ 6.7
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014
Director
★ 6.1
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Director
★ 5.3
Shirome
2010
Director
Murder Workshop
2014
Director
★ 6.7
Villain
2011
Director
★ 5.5
Dead Girl Walking
2004
Director
★ 5.8
Ghost Zombie
2007
Director
Exorcist 2: Human Exorcism
2002
Director
Ultra Violent People
2011
Director
★ 7.7
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
Director
★ 8.8
The Exorcist's Vengeful Curse
2001
Director
★ 8.0
Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi
2014
Director
Shibuya2036
2021
Director
Namade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Director
★ 7.2
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014
Director
★ 6.0
Ada 2: Zetsubô hen
2013
Director
★ 6.0
Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
2012
Director
★ 6.0
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015
Director
★ 6.5
Knife
2022
Director
Crazy Road of Love
2018
Director
★ 5.0
Good-Bye
2012
Director
★ 5.0
Her Brother
2014
Director
★ 8.0
Mystery Man
2014
Director
Visitor
2022
Director
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024
Director
★ 9.0
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024
Director
★ 5.7
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015
Director
★ 2.7
Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
2011
Director
★ 6.0
Gakkô no Kaidan
2012
Director
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003
Director
★ 6.0
Ada: Senritsu-hen
2013
Director
Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension
2024
Director
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016
Director
★ 7.0
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023
Director
★ 5.0
Who?
2022
Director
NMB48 - Omowase Kousen
2013
Director
★ 3.0
Rest
2015
Director
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4
2004
Director
Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened
2005
Director
★ 4.0
Namade Kowasugi!
2015
Director
Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees
2002
Director
Takada Wataru Teki: Zero
2008
Director
★ 6.0
To The Other Side
2012
Director
Mysterious! Unbelievable 2
2002
Director
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003
Director
Kaze wa Fukudarou
1998
Director
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
2004
Director
Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna
2007
Director
★ 3.0
Paranormal Phenomenon
2010
Director
Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village
2001
Director
★ 8.0
Please
2015
Director
★ 8.0
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016
Director
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20
2004
Director
★ 7.0
Suicide Net
2003
Director
★ 5.0
Simokita 2014
2017
Director
Violence Men
1997
Director
★ 4.5
Kudo's Secret
2014
Director
★ 6.0
Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
2003
Director
★ 4.0
Message From Beyond
2015
Director
★ 6.0
Window
2022
Director
She's Above the Clouds
1998
Director
Full Filmography(40 films)
YearTitleRating
2014A Record of Sweet Murder★ 6.62012Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost★ 5.82009Occult★ 6.62013Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa★ 6.42023Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!★ 5.92010Cursed Violent People★ 6.02013Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet★ 6.92022Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie★ 6.72014Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya★ 6.72012Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman★ 6.12010Shirome★ 5.32011Villain★ 6.72017Cinema Capriccio—2015Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu★ 7.02011Ultra Violent People—2015Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter★ 7.72022Namade Kowasugi! 2.5—2014Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History★ 7.22015NEET of the Living Dead—2015Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman★ 6.02022Visitor—2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2—2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1★ 9.02015Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san★ 5.72003Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2—2010Coming Future—2016Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School—2023Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please★ 7.02022Who?★ 5.02015Namade Kowasugi!★ 4.02003Really! Cursed Video: The Movie—2010Paranormal Phenomenon★ 3.02025白石晃士監督が呪術のように実践してきた恐怖の方程式★ 8.02016Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination★ 8.02024Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse—2003Suicide Net★ 7.01997Violence Men—2014Kudo's Secret★ 4.52015Message From Beyond★ 4.01998She's Above the Clouds—